Mission & Vision • Childhood to Enlightenment • Achievements at a Glance • Spreading the Bliss • Building the Future • Meeting with Global Leaders • Ashrams Worldwide • Personal Blessings from the Master

The world is awakening to a new consciousness, where distinctions like material life and spiritual life, inner growth and outer growth, are rapidly breaking down.

The new age individual is striving to build a harmonious world where material success complements spiritual growth, where ancient wisdom and modern scientific insights blend seamlessly to create a richer, more fulfilling life for all.

A really healthy body, enhanced mental faculties, rich and authentic interpersonal relationships, material success and the deepest spiritual fulfillment are perfectly realizable goals for the individual today.

Over the last five years, over 1.5 million members of the THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Mission family worldwide have discovered this truth in their own lives. But this is not enough.

The advent of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM on planet Earth is to spread the inner science of enlightenment by delivering physical health, mental wellness and spiritual awakening for all beings irrespective of their race, gender or nationality.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeetam founded by living enlightened Master THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is a worldwide movement for meditation and healing. The vision is to create a conflict-free, blissful, productive global community where outer and inner growth are equally respected and nurtured. To raise the collective consciousness of our planet, and to provide a powerful spiritual anchor for the individual in these times of change, we aim to initiate people into the life-transforming meditation, Nithya Dhyaan, and people into jīvan mukti, living enlightenment.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM took birth in the holy city of Tiruvannamalai in South Bharat on January 1, 1978. He was spiritually inclined right from the tender age of 3 when he started his yoga training with Raghupati Yogi, his teacher and master of all dimensions of yoga. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM quickly mastered various meditation techniques, spiritual practices and yogic postures.

At the age of 12 while in meditation on the Aruṇācala hill, he had the deep enlightenment experience of physically feeling oneness with the whole Universe.

These kind of powerful experiences kindled the spiritual urge of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM even further and he left home at the early age of 17 on his quest for the Ultimate.

He wandered the length and breadth of Bharat traveling thousands of miles, mostly on foot, and taking the strict vow of not touching money throughout his spiritual wandering.

His intense unrelenting research and development in the inner world science led to the realization of his avataric mission on planet Earth – to initiate and establish one and all into jīvan mukti or living enlightenment.

Temple-town of Tiruvannamalai, home to the sacred hill of Arunachala

Though Raghupati Yogi demonstrated to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, teleportation, levitation and other similar super normal feats, he also made him understand that these were not attributes of spiritual growth and that the understanding of the Supreme Truth lay beyond all this.

It was Raghupati Yogi who arranged for THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM to deliver his first public lecture on the Patanjali Yoga Sutra at the age of 10 in Tiruvannamalai. Distributing flyers for the occasion, he gathered over 1000 people for this unique event.

Maataji Kuppammal - a catalytic force

Brahmayogini Vibhudhananda Devi Mataji Kuppammal was a spiritual guide and caretaker to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM during his early days of spiritual growth in Arunachala. At the tender age of 12, when THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM was having deep spiritual experiences, Kuppammal took care of him physically and emotionally, explained to him his growing consciousness and trained him in various spiritual practices with an apparent foresight into the future.

Preparing the body-mind to experience and sustain the energy of Enlightenment.

With Yogi Ramsuratkumar - a mystical bonding

Yogi Ramsuratkumar or Visiri Swamigal was an enlightened master, who was a contemporary of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi in Tiruvannamalai. He was wellknown and well-liked in Tiruvannamalai. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM became a regular visitor to this sage.

First Kalpataru program in Mumbai, 12 Sep., 2009 25000 people in over 150 Kalpatarus this year

First Life Bliss Engineering program in Bengaluru ashram from 1 June to 31 August, 2009

First Yoga Spurana Program in Canada

Pratyakṣa pāda pūjā - offering gratitude to the Master

Sarva darśan - offering free healing and blessings to one and all

Pādukā pūjā – Worship of the guru's pādukās (holy sandals) in various homes and centers worldwide

First Life Bliss Program in Madrid – The cakra-cleansing program touched further countries this year.

First satsang in Sydney, Australia The blissful gatherings happen in over 50 countries.

Free Healing camp, Bengaluru – Free Nithya Spiritual Healing is provided to one and all in healing camps worldwide.

Free jīvan mukti satsang, Malaysia, June 4, attended by thousands of people

Karthikai deepam, Tiruvannamalai - people visited the ashram and were served quality food for free.

Life Bliss Program, London

Little Anandas program at Bukit Mertajam ashram, Malaysia

Meditation camp for orphans on World Peace Day

Patanjali Yoga Sutras discourse, Houston – breakthrough discourses were delivered in the Yogam 2009 North America tour.

Quantum Intelligence program, Malaysia, June 2009

Jīvan mukti vrata (Practising Living Enlightenment) - A set of simple purification techniques that can be voluntarily followed for 21 days

Opening of new center in Singapore on 24 May, 2009 Scores of meditation and healing centers were opened worldwide in 2009.

Peace Walks

Ratha pāda yātrā - peace walk by people and procession of Śrī Ānandeśvara- Ānandeśvarī from Kanyakumari to Bengaluru, Jan 10 to Feb 20, 2009

Covered over with people joining from over villages. Thousands personally blessed by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. Millions blessed by the darśan of the deities Śrī Ānandeśvara and Ānandeśvarī

Blessing school children Hundreds of school students from various socio-economic backgrounds blessed

Mahā saptayāga - 1008 homa conducted in various villages & towns

Mass meditation programs were conducted across 14 towns touching people in just over 2 weeks.

Grand ārati (ceremonial waving of lamps) to the deities every day in various towns along the way

For Global Peace & Harmony

Kumbha Melā is a beautiful spiritual gathering of people. In Bharat, it happens in the following places: Haridwar, Allahabad, Ujjain, and Nasik. It is attended by millions of people. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeetam also participates in the South Hindu Kumbha Melā. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has been declared as the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar of the nirvāṇi akhāḍā.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM delivered breakthrough discourses on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, which were also streamed online across the world. They were watched eagerly by people in various cities in USA, Bharat, Singapore, Malaysia, etc., inspiring them to become a part of the ever-expanding THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM family.

Flood relief operations in Bharat The first group of flood relief volunteers of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Global Initiatives (NGI) provided relief material comprising food, utensils, cooking material, clothes, etc., for the Karnataka flood victims. Relief operations were done in Andhra Pradesh including the offering of shelter to flood-affected families.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Anna Mandir THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Galleria

The Hub of Bliss Mission Headquarters

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Sacred Arts Dakṣiṇāmūrti under the banyan tree

and still growing...

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Mission Office THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Vidyālaya

Sr¤ ¡nandesÁvara & ¡nandesÁvar¤ Archives from THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's Life

Welcome Center

Over 50 projects simultaneously being executed From one meditation hall for five years to seven meditation halls in one year

Halls for meditation, yoga and other programs to increase in capacity

Residential capacity in ashram

Kitchen and dining facilities

Facilities include:

• • 7 meditation halls
• • 1000-bed dormitory
• • THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Healing, ¢yurveda,

& Therapies Centre

• • Yog¢carya training centre
• • Video and Audio Studio
• • Library
• • Worship altar

With the former Hindu President, Dr. Abdul Kalam handing over a copy of a Tamil publication

With Dr. Michael Bernard Bedwith of Agape International Spiritual Center

Sri T.N. Chaturvedi, then governor of Karnataka, visiting the Bengaluru ashram

With Sri Sri Ravishankar at the Tiruvannamalai ashram

Invited to perform the kumbh¢bhi¾eka (energizing ceremony) for a Shirdi Sai Baba temple

Felicitated by chief minister of Karnataka, Dr. B.S. Yeddyurappa

Honored by Sri Pramukh Swami Maharaj, pontiff of Swaminarayan Ashram, Gujarat, Bharat

With Sri Dayanand Swamiji, Arsha Vidya Pitham, Rishikesh

With Sri La.Sri Nachiappa Swamigal of the Koviloor Mutt, Karaikudi

At the Mysore Peace Rally with eminent politicians

With Sri Narayani Amma of Sri Narayani Siddhar Peetam, Malaikudi, Vellore

On invitation, visiting the Maharaja of Trivandrum, in his Palace

Meeting Nobel Laureate Dr. Charles Townes

Proclaimation from Governor's office, Columbus, Ohio

Receiving proclamation from Member of Parliament, Jim Karygiannis, Toronto

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM meets various political and spiritual heads to spread the message of peace & bliss

BHARAT

¹r¤ ¡nandesÁvara Temple 21 ft Healing ¡nanda Li¬ga in the Vaidya Sarovar

New R¢ja Sabh¢ - Meditation Hall

1008 ¡nanda Li¬ga Regular Vedic rituals performed at the ashram

Daily Annad¢n (Free Food) to hundreds of people

Salem ashram, Bharat Growing from families...

Rajapalyam, Bharat

Pattanam, Bharat One of the most successful rural communities. They run various services, including free clinic and medical camps every week.

Hyderabad, Bharat 7 ashrams coming up in Andhra Pradesh. Services include running a Veda Pathashala (school for Vedic learning), teaching village students, providing disaster relief, performing p¦j¢s and homas, conducting regular meditation classes for all from villiages to corporates, etc.

Namakkal, Bharat

Varanasi, Bharat

Hosur, Bharat

Orissa, Bharat

The THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM ashram is a sacred space that seeks to uplift humankind, one seeker at a time, dedicated to the goal of establishing an enlightened society.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM ashrams in Bharat serve as hubs for meditation, yoga, healing, devotion and service.

Meditation and yoga classes and regular satsa¬gs are conducted to teach the spiritual truths and reinforce the life solutions.

The ashrams serve the local communities by providing free food, medical facilities, holistic education, women empowerment, youth awakening, disaster relief operations, supporting traditional arts and culture,...

Puducherry, Bharat 100 families live together sharing a common kitchen. They feed hundreds of people everyday. They reach out to slums, teach meditation programs, and give counseling. The resulting drastic reduction in crime rate has also been recognized by government of Puducherry

More than 100 deities from varoius Vedic religions like Hinduism and Jainism are worshipped in the Vedic temple, Montclair

¡nanda Sabh¢ - auditorium and meditation hall, Montclair

Columbus, Ohio 25 families living together, sharing a community kitchen

Seattle Vedic temple Largest Na°ar¢ja in the US All deities are dancing deities in this temple.

Oklahoma Vedic temple

San Jose, New York, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Phoenix, North Carolina, Toronto, Detroit

Kuala Lumpur ashram, Malaysia

Bukit Mertajam ashram, Malaysia

Port Klang Center, Malaysia

Singapore Center

Dubai Center

An ashram is a sacred space where all things external are directed towards empowering and deepening the experience of inner exploration and transformation. These are spiritual laboratories where a group of seekers irrespective of caste, creed or religion come together and pursue spiritual practices under the loving compassionate guidance of a master.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM ashrams serve as spiritual sciences universities where disciples learn the authentic Vedic sciences, while acting as channels for providing selfless service to society.

The term annapr¢sÁanam literally means 'feeding food' Annapr¢sÁanam is an ancient tradition of feeding an infant its first solid food after having had only the mother's milk until then. It is referred to as First Rice in English and is celebrated as an auspicious occasion in the child's life. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM performs the annapr¢sÁanam for babies at the ashram on special occasions.

Man is born for the first time when he emerges from his mother's womb. He becomes a dvij¢, born for the second time, when he is initiated into the G¢yatr¤ mantra, which kindles their inner intelligence. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM initiates children into the G¢yatr¤ mantra thus enabling them to fall in tune with the cosmic intelligence. He also bestows them with the sacred white thread as part of the ceremony.

Your very name can be used as a technique for enlightenment - because the whole day from morning till night, either you will be using it towards yourself or somebody will be using that name towards you. So your spiritual path is again repeated and reinforced and it enters into the very core of your being. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM initiates seekers as well as new born babies with a spiritual name that guides them in their path to enlightenment.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM performs a traditional Vedic marriage ceremony on special occasions for fresh couples or for those wishing to strengthen their marriage ties. The powerful seven sacred vows taken on this occasion pave the way for strong intellectual, emotional and spiritual understanding in the couple, free them from incurring further k¢rmic bondage and take them beyond the illusions of greed and fear on the path of enlightenment.

"The THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Order has been created to facilitate not just sany¢s¤s but also people from all walks of life to walk the path to enlightenment. Its intention is to bring the Vedic tradition of enlightenment to life in today's light, for today's seeker, whatever may be his worldly aspirations. It is an opportunity and a gift to every individual from the energy of enlightenment. It is a lifestyle centered on raising the individual consciousness." - THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

There are 6 categories of people in the THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM order:

• • Upakrame´a brahmacarya and nai¾°ika brahmacharya Preliminary stages for the unmarried who wish to tread the path of sany¢s.
• • V¢naprastha sany¢s Initial stage for the married who decide to move in the path of sany¢s.
• • P¦r´a sany¢s State indicating the complete flowering of the quality of sany¢s in oneself.
• • Parivr¢jaka sany¢si Wandering mendicants who wish to be identified with and formally initiated into sany¢s under the THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Order
• • G¨hasta Stage for the unmarried or married who wish to tread the path of enlightenment outside the purview of asceticism.
• • Mission Order Person can stay in his own home and run a department for the mission.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Galleria is the worldwide Life Bliss store of the THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Mission. It offers a wide range of products for a blissful lifestyle:

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's incisive messages are available in various formats:

• • Video, audio tapes, CDs, and books in over 20 languages
• • Enlivening music and chants for meditation and deep inner healing.
• • Meditation and yoga books, kits and CDs for rejuvenating body, mind, and spirit and experiencing the energy of ecstasy in your life.
• • Energized rosaries, p¦j¢ items, bracelets, photographs, yantras (copper plate etched with sacred carvings), clothing and gift items for a stimulating lifestyle.
• • Ehtnic energy bead jewelry to experience tranquility and continued high energy
• • Herbal products for healthy living and more

Herbal Products at the THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Galleria

Books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, kits, energy bead jewelry, clothes... at the one-stop Galleria

Traditional arts and crafts from THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Sacred Arts

Highly skilled artisans, inspired by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, have come together to bring to life ancient temple architecture and imposing forms of deities. Working with immense dedication and love, these artisans produce striking figures of deities and temple structures with intricate workmanship. They strive to preserve and reproduce Vedic temple arts through the grandeur of stone, wood and metal carvings and jewelry found in ancient historical temples.

Metal Carving

Stone carving

Wood carving

Sheet metal carving

Temples in the making - shipping, installation, pr¢´a prati¾°ha (energizing of the deity), worship... over deities have been shipped worldwide to date.

What ?

Inner Awakening is a 21 day program aimed at giving all the components and dimensions of 'living enlightenment' or "jeevan mukti" (in Sanskrit) – living the ultimate life, realizing one's full potential in the inner and outer worlds.

This enlightenment intensive program is conducted directly by Paramahamsa THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, an enlightened Master of our millennium. Every aspect of this program

has been carefully designed for you to experience this state.

All scriptures, all literature, all methods of teachings can only inspire you; they can give only technical knowledge and technique. Books, cassettes, and DVDs can only create inspiration in you but cannot give experience. Experience can only be transmitted. The process of initiation can be done only by an Enlightened Master. Experience is like a lamp. Only from a burning lamp you can light a lamp. In the same way, living enlightenment can only be transmitted from a living enlightened master to a disciple.

The body and mind need to be prepared to hold the energy of enlightenment. The techniques of Nithya Yoga prepare the body. Meditation techniques prepare the mind. But ultimately, for the change to be permanent, your very bio-memory has to change, to hold and radiate the experience of living enlightenment. This can happen through initiation - the touch of the Master, directly transmitting the energy after which different dimensions of you can start getting awakened. Your muscles can catch the memory of living enlightenment only when you live around the Master. Be open and available to the Master's presence for him to transmit this flame and awaken your enlightened consciousness.

What is Living Enlightenment ?

Living enlightenment is a beautiful state of

• • Being in a state of good physical health and constant wellbeing having a yogic body and vedic mind
• • Having the ability to handle life and clearly see through daily problems
• • Letting go of emotional baggage and personal barriers
• • Being without inner and outer conflicts
• • Actualizing your limitless potential
• • Experiencing the ultimate with every unfolding moment of life
• • Practicing time-tested techniques for immediate and long term changes including higher incomes, better relationships, better productivity, improved efficiency and true personal fulfillment
• • Awakening compassion towards others and integrity towards oneself
• • Realizing and living the purpose of your life
• • Having clarity about life and afterlife

Different centers in our brain manage different emotional reactions such as fear, anxiety, anger, love, bliss, feeling connected to the Whole, etc.

Different initiations of the program are aimed at awakening the non-mechanical parts of the brain that are responsible for activating the higher qualities like happiness, creativity, intelligence, etc. When these higher qualities are awakened, the power of the painful memories and negative emotions over us is reduced. These can directly cause a shift in our perception and experience of life, and help evolve the bodymind to sustain and radiate living enlightenment.

What does the program involve ?

Inner Awakening has a diverse mix of meditation techniques that range from

• • Dynamic, fun meditations to 'simply sitting' (Zazen)
• • Understanding-based to visualization-based meditations
• • Fixed-time to anytime-anywhere
• • Cleansing of the seven cakras (subtle energy centers)
• • Cleansing of the seven bodies (from the grossest physical layer to the subtlest, the nirv¢nic)
• • Cleansing of the five kosÁ¢s (energy sheaths)

• • For physical health, emotional wellbeing, spiritual maturity

• • For a stress-free, blissful, fulfilling, unclutched life!

• • For deep, meaningful and vibrant relationships with one and all

Living enlightenment

• • Heal the world by experiencing and expressing the ultimate enlightened way of life

• • Get established in the ultimate state of bliss and radiate enlightenment

Yoga

• • A holistic and integrated understanding and practice of Nithya
• Yoga– the original system of yoga as Patanjali, the father of yoga,

Sacred Healing Banyan Tree

¡nanda Li¬ga in Vaidya Sarovar

M¢nasarovar

Fun and enlightening magical moments with the Master...

• • Upani¾ad The ancient technique of 'no technique,' just sitting in the

• • 'Mind-dissolving' answers to the questions you have always had
• • Spontaneous exhibition of talent, story-telling, dancing...
• • Energy DarsÁan the direct touch of Divine Energy

• • Unique and practical understanding of spiritual Truths
• • Solutions to your problems
• • Clarity on the ancient scriptures
• • Personalized Q&A
• • Powerful meditations leading to experiencing truths
• … all in the energy field and scenic locations around THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM ashram. The ashram is a highly spiritual center in a location revered for over 600 years.

Initiation from an enlightened Master is the ultimate blessing and possibility – to take you from your usual personality to the state of eternal bliss, where he resides.

Who ?

Anybody above the age of 12 can attend the program. Just come with an open mind and being!

Why ?

Gain more technical knowledge about the Truth

Practice with sincerity, living the truth in your inner space, and expressing it

Be ready to experience the miracles of your practice

The presence of the Master helps you to go through all these 3 periods, sharing knowledge, offering techniques and giving his guidance, energy and grace at every step.

The penetrating presence of the Master can help this new consciousness to settle into your bio-memory permanently.

The program will also help you to activate at least 20% of your latent energy, which in an average human being is used only up to 1 to 2%.

Why 21 days ?

21 days is the time needed for any experience to be understood, practiced and integrated. The first 7 days constitutes the understanding period. The next 7 days is the practicing period, and the last 7 is the experience, which engraves this new understanding within.

How ?

Inner Awakening program is open to people of all backgrounds, cultures, approach and faith.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says, "This program is designed to awaken in you all components of Living Enlightenment which are in me. Whatever dimensions, whatever components I have experienced, I am opening everything to you. I am opening all its dimensions so that you can walk through any one of them. When I use the word 'dimension', I mean bhakti (devotion), yoga (state of union with the divine), dhy¢na (meditation), karma (activity) – these are different dimensions, different paths through which you can experience it. When I say all components, I mean you can have a different body, different mind, different emotional setup, different spiritual feeling - if you decide to Live Enlightenment."

• • LBP Level 1, which is designed to cleanse the individual's energy centers and awaken one component of Living Enlightenment in you - living joyfully with emotional balance.
• • LBP Level 2, which works on awakening another dimension of Living Enlightenment getting complete clarity about death and allowing one to die peacefully.
• • LBP Level 3, which is designed to transmit the powerful technology of unclutching the state of emotional balance, awareness of oneself and others and feeling a deep connection with life.
• • Nithya Yoga, which is designed to reproduce a yogic body that unfolds health and well-being.
• • Presence of the Master, which stands beyond words, teachings and techniques… the very essence of enlightenment!

• • Travel desk (by arrangement)
• • Foreign exchange (by arrangement)
• • Prepaid SIM card (on request)
• • Lockers on request
• • Local travel arrangements (auto-rickshaws or taxis)
• • Internet café with WiFi facility
• • Scanning and printing
• • STD/ISD telephone facilities
• • Galleria One-stop shop for books, DVDs, clothes, energy beads...
• • Department store for basic utilities
• • Library
• • Multi-cuisine Sattvic Food

Why pay for spirituality?

In ancient times, the kings supported the inner-science research done by the

rishis and sages of Bharat. In this way, this fundamental work was sustained and kept alive. But today, the system has been replaced by secular political systems that do not support this research.

Each one of us now has the responsibility to protect this noble cause, that of preserving the sacred traditions to be experienced and passed on to future generations.

The funds are used to perpetuate the Mission's commitment to create a conflict-free world through awakening people to their Truth, raising global consciousness, spreading peace, and promoting social and environmental sustainability.

Multi-cuisine Sattvic Food Restaurant Music

Internet Café

Ananda Galleria

Blissful faces!

A 3-month life skills program

Includes the gift of the Inner Awakening Program (IA)

Sculpting the body and developing the mind for Living Enlightenment

The aim of Life Bliss Engineering (LBE) is to reproduce in you the highest possibility, the highest potential of human life - the enlightened consciousness.

When you live enlightenment, you live health, wealth, joy, love, radiate compassion, and attract the right relationships, and you automatically contribute to a beautiful and crime-free society. This is the ultimate gift you can give yourself and to the whole world.

Yogic hardware, vedic software, – that is what

I define as a complete human being – a j¤van

mukta, a complete, fulfilled human being living enlightenment.

If you see the utility value of the yogic body and vedic mind, yogic hardware and vedic software: when you internalize the great spiritual truths, they act like º¢stra-ºastr¢s (knowledge-weapons). Whenever depression comes, you can kill that depression. If the right ideas are internalized inside you, whenever you face a challenge or depressing situation, those ideas will just come up and you will see you are not affected at all. You have complete clarity as to what you want, what is your need, goal, what you are and what you want to do. You will not be lost. It can just change your whole being, and the way you think, the way you live.

Learn and internalize the spiritual scriptures and life solutions, do yoga and prepare the body, do meditation and prepare the mind for life. Then you will live a conflict-free life with success in the outer world and fulfillment in the inner world - that is what I call living enlightenment.

You will avoid at least 99% of the problems you will face otherwise in your life. You will experience the causeless auspiciousness happening every moment.

You will live an inspired life, you will inspire millions just by your very life, your very presence. You will live a beautiful fulfilling life spontaneously radiating the blissful energy in every act you do, every feeling you feel, every experience you go through.

In Life Bliss Engineering, every moment is a process as hundreds of techniques, methods and technologies, sharing and internalizing through your questions, are used to deliver the straight truths. If you want to realize your infinite innate potential, LBE is for you.

- THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

1500 hours of the original Patanjali yoga – asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, neti kriya…

Blissful relationships...

Powerful initiations into the science of living Enlightenment Breakthrough discourses on life solutions and the deeper truths of life

Ayurveda & Sattvic cooking

Science and practice of worship Workshops for weight management, stress management ...

The aim of human life is to experience the peak of our infinite inner potential every moment – live enlightenment! For this, the body-mind has to be prepared to hold this tremendous energy. Life Bliss Engineering (LBE) is a rare opportunity

to take this direct jump into the enlightened consciousness.

Just being in the presence of an enlightened master can directly transfer the Ultimate state of being from him to you! Get initiated into a whole new way of living every moment with intensity and passion in the energy field with living enlightened master THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM…

Explain how LBE is a multidimensional transformation - yogic body - what is daily yoga routine, sessions, you can be a yoga acharya

- vedic mind = problem solving skills, creativity, how diff aspects of program bring all these out - Discourses - ved. mind - understanding vedic tradition / culture and how it is appicable today

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Glimpses of the true Vedic culture and tradition – Vedic food and lifestyle, attire, cultural programs, dance, music, forms of worship… thus bringing to life the scientific vigor and the spiritual temperament of this astounding living culture.

Vedic

Vedic rituals are powerful techniques of connecting with the Divine. Physically doing the ritual with the understanding and spirit is a direct means of realizing oneness with Existence.

Spirit + Ritual = Spiritual

LBE consists of travel study tours to various spiritual hubs and energy fields. These give an experiential understanding of the rich Vedic culture through the temple arts, architecture, tradition, rituals and lifestyle. The tours comprise travel through Hindu cities and villages, visiting the majestic temples – energy centers and living embodiment of the Vedic tradition – and the beauty of Upani¾ad – sitting in the presence of the Master.

We hang on for dear life, not wanting to give up our personalities so easily. We've worked so hard to create our fabulous enviable lives, right? Inner Awakening makes you dig deep into your core – makes you see how mucked up it is from all the crap you've collected and clutched on to under the guise that it's important life lessons.

Inner Awakening was just that. A liberation, an opportunity for a fresh start to a new me. It pushed me to my emotional, mental and physical limits – and then some. And it proved that there's much more to me than I ever thought.

Our greatest struggle is with ourselves. It seems to be a requisite part of life. The low moods, the churning, the cynicism, they will all come. But now, I'm more aware of how to deal with them – of how to bring myself out of it. And if I feel like wallowing in my misery, I only have myself to blame. I'm not playing the victim anymore.

I've attended both Inner Awakening and Life Bliss Engineering (LBE) programs and greatly enjoyed both! Different as they were, I strongly feel that the program itself is a mirror of Truth, which takes you deep into the realms of the true self. I am thoroughly convinced now that the only way to cope with outer world chaos, politics, deadlines, conflicts, and stress is by looking deep within. Swamiji takes us into very profound meditations, which leave us residing in a space of deep silence. That to me, was the best part of LBE - to have actually felt the glimpse of what it means to still the body and mind. It was so refreshing!

In addition to this, I got to experience real yoga for the first time ever. After having multiple back injuries over the years, Nithya Yoga is exactly what my body needed to feel alive again. Waking up early is not even an issue any longer because I know that a vibrant, energetic day lies ahead! I think Life Bliss Envgineering was the best gift I've ever given myself! Swamiji, thank you so much for your teachings and guidance. It was awesome to be with you.

I expected the food to be dull and I expected that we would be fasting often and eating simple food, but to the contrary, the food being completely sattvic, was incredible. We had a few great trips outside of the ashram to magnificent temples. The opportunity to see these temples, which I would not have otherwise seen was very valuable. Overall, the IA program has had a greater impact on my life, finitely positive, than anything thus far. So many 'ah-ha' moments and opportunities to learn about who I am or who I want to be and an awakening to the idea that this is my life and I am free to create what I want and be blissful – priceless!

Especially if you are young and going into college, you are in college, or just got out of college, this is the best place to be in. You can study anywhere else in the world, but you won't get the essentials of the education, the knowledge, the intelligence, the beauty, the life that you would have from IA. We learned amazing tools as to how to work less and be more productive with the best results. Everything you will learn will help you with everything in life when it comes to reading, decision making, quickness, alertness, etc. There are only plus points with this program. Coming to IA was the best decision that I have ever made.

Coming to Life Bliss Engineering (LBE) program is the best decision I have made in my life. This three-month residential program has brought such a tremendous transformation in me! I have a better understanding about myself, clarity about the purpose of my life and I gained so much practical knowledge and tools for a blissful living. Every single aspect of this program was great - the way the curriculum was designed, the incredible loving and caring ashramites and volunteers who took care of us, the great accommodation and amazing food. Also, the uniqueness of this program is that it gives you the experience of meditation and yoga and the great opportunity to take a step further to get trained to become a meditation and yoga teacher.

Path of Understanding • Path of Meditation • Path of Yoga • Path of Devotion

Path of

Understanding

People ask me, 'How do I stop the mind? How do I go beyond the mind?' Wherever I go, there are at least ten people who put this question to me.

I tell them, mind is not a thing to be fought with. Mind is not a thing to suppress or destroy. Mind is an ACTION.

Just imagine that you are walking. If you don't want to walk, what do you do? You just sit. Let us say you are talking. If you don't want to talk, what do you do? You become silent. In the same way, mind also is an action. If you don't want to think, don't do it, that's all!

But the mind says, 'No, no, no, I have tried many things, I have tried many times…' I sympathize with your trying. I am not disrespecting you.

But please understand, mind is a simple subtle action. You are doing it. Is there anybody else doing it inside? No. So when you don't want it, just stop, that's all!

If you say, 'No, no, I have tried; after some time it comes back,' be very clear: it means you wanted it to start again. That is why it started. But you forget that you started it again - that is the problem.

Please understand: when you want, you can switch it off; when you want, you can start it. If it has started, it means you wanted it again. If you understand this, you will have respect for your decision, for your will.

We are fed with so many poisonous thoughts about the mind. Relax from everything. Understand this simple thing: mind is an action. Just like walking is your action, talking is your action, mind is an action.

When you can stop walking and talking, why not thinking? It is your action. Decide this moment: it is my action; let me stop, that's all!

Let us take the whole responsibility upon us. If you are sitting now, do you ask yourself, 'What happened to my walking? I was walking ten minutes earlier.' You don't ask because you know that by deciding to sit, you stopped walking. In the same way, you can use your mind when needed. You can switch if off when not needed.

Books from Nithyananda Publishers were showcased grandly at the International Book Fair, Frankfurt, October 2009. We also participated in over 12 book fairs across Bharat.

I have with me many versions of the Bhagavad Gītā, none of which I could barely get through a couple of pages. But Swamiji's book is a breeze to read (as with any other book). It literally has 'de-mystified' the Gītā and its essence, its application to our dayto-day life and more importantly the need and role of a 'Master' in our lives. Whenever I read the word 'Kṛṣṇa' in this book, I can actually feel Swamiji's energy and it literally brings tears down my cheeks. In fact, it gives me the same feeling as if I am sitting under the banyan tree in the ashram whilst reading this book.

• Chidambaram Ramaswamy, Principal Consultant, Synopsys

I have been blessed to be with Swamiji for several years yet each time I open 'Songs of Eternity' it is as if I am meeting Him for the first time! Every page offers one of His amazing clicks or some new dimension to a concept that deepens my understanding and devotion. The photographs are beautiful portraits of Swamiji's daily life and as I turn the pages, I feel that I am literally with Him. His intense energy leaps off the pages, giving me darśan! Songs of Eternity is an intimate gift that the Master has given to help us enter into deeper levels of sādhanā and bliss. It is an incredible living expression of Swamiji!

• Ma Nithyananda Prajna, Wellness Coach and Editor of 'Infinite Potential Resources'

Living Enlightenment - the Gospel of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM was released on 1 January, 2009. In Paramahamsa's own words, 'This book contains the essence of all that I have said, am saying, will say, and all that I want to say but may not be able to say...'

The Tamil book Jīvan Mukti was released in 123 towns and cities worldwide in March 2009.

The book was released by leading heads of spiritual organizations following various systems of faith, heads of political groups, mayors, MLAs, MPs, ministers, Commissioners of government bodies, leaders of various religions, heads of various organizations, and leading personalities from the cine field throughout the state of Tamil Nadu.

Living Enlightenment Book Release The book Living Enlightenment is the book I turn when I am looking for a new perspective on any aspect of life and living. It is amazing how I can open it anywhere and immediately find a gem of wisdom relevant to what is happening in life around me. I was in a new city this summer to establish a center for the mission, and constantly found myself in new situations. Just picking up Living Enlightenment and reading for 5 minutes would reveal some click of awareness that was directly applicable. It is not just a one time read, its best use is as very wise constant companion. - Martyn Williams, Leadership Coach

Jīvan Mukti is a really life-transforming book. It has inspired me to apply the powerful teachings of Swamiji and reach them out to children. I am working on establishing THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Vidyālayas in as many places as possible to reach the vision of 308 Vidyālayas around Bharat. We are incorporating the essence of the book as a part of the curriculum of the enlightenment-based education, thus sowing the seeds of living enlightenment in the young minds.

-Jawahar babu, Coordinator of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Vidyālayas in Bharat

Devotees share their experiences about programs, healing, worship, etc.

Meeting with city organizers, Hindu Regular meetings are held with organizers, ācaryas, devotees, etc. to share the vision and inspire them further.

Children are the future pillars of the Mission. Under the loving guidance of the enlightened Master, they flower into fulfilled beings.

Healing Center Inauguration Hundreds of new healing centers are opened every year to spread the blissful energy of healing and health to more people.

Satsaṅg in Bulgaria - inspired by watching THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's free discourses on YouTube and with no other direct support from the Mission volunteers

Revealing the 'Eleven Dimensions of Consciousness' - one among the powerful truths delivered at Life Bliss Engineering (LBE)

Campfire session during LBE - Upaniṣad happens as the silent sitting with the Master

Satsaṅg, France Blissful groups of people coming together

Nithya Dhyaan session in Rousson, France

Nithyananda Publishers runs monthly magazines in 6 languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati. The readership is large.

Daily newsletter 'Bliss Bytes' including video clips touching many people worldwide Daily articles in 'THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Newsletter' touching many people worldwide

SMS per day spreading daily bliss bytes and current events of the Mission

Many channel views Over many subscribers

Shankara TV on 'Shiva Sutras' Podhigai (Doordarshan) on 'Athmaavai Thira Anandam Perugattum' Vijay TV on 'Jeevan Mukthi' Zee TV Tamil on the program 'Satsangam' Video Live: Shiva Sutras broadcast in Paris through Freebox using Video Live channel 'Nithyanandam'

Path of Path of

Meditation Meditation

Anything that raises your consciousness is meditation. It can be even a simple breathing technique. It can be a simple repetition of a word, or it can be just simply sitting! Someone who is living enlightenment radiates so many wonderful qualities, so many different energies.

Each of our programs aims to reproduce one component of jīvan mukti (living enlightenment) in you.

Life Bliss Program (LBP) aims at reproducing the component of jīvan mukti which cleans one's energy centers, and achieves physical health and mental wellness. It is the initiation into the powerful Nithya Dhyaan meditation technique.

Life Bliss Program Level 2 – THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Spurana Program (LBP Level 2-NSP) - aims at creating an engram-less mental setup without saṃskārās or engraved memories, and demystifies the secrets of death and after-death. It is the initiation into nirvikalpa samādhi as it provides the glimpse of unclutching.

Life Bliss Program Level 3 - Bhakti Spurana Program (LBP Level 3 - BSP) aims at creating a state of constant ecstasy - bhāva samādhi - to live an unclutched life. This is what I call causeless auspiciousness – living in constant ecstasy for no external reason but just expressing your innate bliss and feeling everything is auspicious. Healers Initiation giving the Jīvan Mukti dīkṣā or the initiation into living enlightenment aims at living jīvan mukti in all the 3 states: dream, deep sleep and waking state.

Nithyanandam Program enables participants to radiate enlightenment in all its components. When you live enlightenment, you start developing a nāḍī called medhā nāḍī, responsible for pure wisdom and taking decisions without dilemma.

Nithya Yoga aims at reproducing the jīvan mukti śarīra, the body of living enlightenment.

Come, experience and radiate the multiple components and dimensions of jīvan mukti! People have experienced healing at the physical and emotional levels, clarity of thinking, economic prosperity, better relationships…and above all the incomparable gift of Jīvan Mukti which can only be given by a living enlightened Master.

Kalpataru is a 1-day meditation program, a unique opportunity to fulfill your deepest desire and receive the science of Living Enlightenment, transforming the very way you perceive life. This program offers meditation techniques and understandings that prepare your body, mind and being to experience living enlightenment.

The day culminates with the special Kalpataru darśan that sows in you the seeds of:

• • Śakti Energy to change things that need to be changed in your life
• • Buddhi Intelligence to know what need not be changed in your life
• • Yukti Understanding that whatever you may change, Existence itself is a continuously changing dream
• • Bhakti Devotion to the eternally unchanging truth
• • Mukti Liberation that happens when you experience the above in your life!

Restore your health, mental peace and to live a conflict- free life with happy relationships.

I was diagnosed of umbilical hernia and advised surgery. I decided to attend the Kalpataru program on 17th November. In the evening during darśan, I mentioned to him about the diagnosis on me and prayed for His grace. He touched the navel area, told me, 'it will be cured' and gave vibhuti to apply. Next day morning when I went to the hospital for the proposed surgery, the doctor was surprised as there were no symptoms of hernia. Further, specialists also ruled out the hernia.

• Dr K.S Sundaram

Thousands of people benefited from LBP across over many centers worldwide Over many classes touching over many people across Bharat in multiple languages

Life Bliss Program (LBP) is the entry-level program. It is designed to provide a clear intellectual and experiential understanding of the 7 cakra (powerful subtle energy centers) and cleansing and energizing them. A 2-day program to:

• • Cleanse your energy centers
• • Understand, explore, handle your emotions
• • Transcend lust, fear, worry, want of love, jealousy, ego, discontent
• • Reclaim your physical and mental wellness
• • Empower your life with 7 simple and transformational meditation techniques
• • Find your bliss, manifest your potential, reveal who you are

Thousands of people have benefited from this lifetransforming program.

'I went to LBP very casually on a bright day of September 2005. I didn't know it would become a turning point in my life. Back then, I was smoking since many years. Straight after the program, I lit up a cigarette, but was unable to inhale the smoke! I was disconnected from this habit, as if it had simply dropped me! This addiction left me permanently, without side effects, withdrawal or anxieties. Later, I found that many others had also got effortlessly de-addicted from long time dependencies through LBP. -Ma Nithya Chandrananda, Social Worker

The human brain is wired for enlightenment. The human body is designed to experience expanded consciousness. Only a person who brings all the possibilities of life into living reality, experiences real fulfillment. " "

Death is a seed of change… It is the greatest teacher of inner transformation. Your physical body is just one of the seven bodies. The other six are subtle energy bodies, vehicles of your desires, thoughts, sleep, guilt, pleasure, pain and bliss. When you understand death, you can truly live life! Then you have transcended death and are living life to the fullest - living enlightenment!

A 4-day program to:

• • Create an engram-less mental setup
• • Demystify the secrets of death and after-death
• • Heal your painful memories
• • Handle guilt, desires, pleasure, pain, existential crisis
• • Transcend the fear of death
• • Live freely, consciously and fully

Pre-requisites: LBP

I attended the NSP in Chennai in June 2008. It brought a tremendous transformation in me. For the first time in my life I realized that I had so many emotions bottled up in me and they were actually hindering my life. It was a deep realization. I overcame those emotions through the meditations in the NSP and I came out as a new person. The inner bath via the mediations in the NSP in the presence of the Master have indeed liberated me.

• Vishwa, Bengaluru

ATSP conducted across various cities in USA, Europe and Guadeloupe, initiating people into the technique of 'unclutching' – providing freedom from the problems of the mind like stress, depression…

We all have areas of genius within us. To discover them, we just need to cleanse and relieve ourselves from engrams (engraved memories and impressions) through appropriate techniques.

A breakthrough program to:

• • Cleanse the five kosÁas or layers of the being, through techniques ranging from intellectual understanding and simple meditations to deep transformation caused by experiential understanding.
• • Revitalize the physical, pr¢´ic, mental, etheric, causal, cosmic and nirv¢´ic layers of energies which constitute YOU
• • Allow the Atman, your true self, to radiate through your body and mind.

Pre-requisites: LBP Level 2

ATSP is neither based on techniques as ASP and NSP are, nor on no-technique as DSP etc are. It is an alchemy by the Master, a process. It is truly Upani¾ad where disciples sit at the feet of the Master and this sitting itself is the ultimate meditation. Of the various programs designed by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, this is perhaps the subtlest and the most intense meditative process, in making the reality of the Master a felt presence. - Ram S. Ramanathan, Management Consultant, Bharat

Meditation is being in the present moment – intensely, enthusiastically. It is not a thing to do, it is a way to live life – live enlightenment.

Bhakti Spurana Program was conducted in various countries like USA, Canada, Bharat and Malaysia enabling hundreds of people to discover the power and juice of devotion

In today's world, logic and analysis are the compulsory components for success. But to live a life mastered by them can never make us enjoy true fulfillment. Logic is how the mind knows reality, whereas devotion is how the being experiences reality.

When we develop devotion, we live connected to Existence, we live in bh¢va sam¢dhi which is a state of causeless ecstasy with the feeling everything is auspicious.

A program to:

• • Encounter your natural capacity for devotion, utter innocence and purity which was once your very nature
• • Kindle an integrated devotion that directly fulfills relationships in all spheres of life – as a mother, child, friend, servant to the Master, beloved… all these put together and something more, thus feeling deeply connected to Existence.
• • Discover how to relate in love, in openness, in inner expansion and laughter.

Pre-requisites: LBP Level 2

BSP puts one on the fast track to experience God. BSP makes one realize the difference between the ordinary everyday version of bhakti and the bhakti that great saints and mystics like Eknath, Kabir or Andal talk about. It was not just their bhakti but also their dedication that was an integral part of their relationship with God. When bhakti and shraddh¢ are combined, the road taken to reach the destination of experiencing God is supersonic! - Ranjita Menon, Actress

Healers are my hands. Acharyas are my vak, my words. Organizers are my head...

Nithya Spiritual Healing is a means of awakening the body's inherent healing energy.

It is a service provided free of cost at thousands of healing centers worldwide, as well as at free healing camps conducted regularly.

This unique system of cosmic healing is a meditation for the healer and healing for the person receiving the energy, with the safety of no adverse side-effects. Benefits:

• • Relief from various physical ailments like cancer, chronic asthma, sinusitis, hernia, renal failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, back problems, allergies, seizures, migraine, wheezing, skin problems, insomnia, etc.
• • Relief from psychological problems like anxiety, depression, phobias etc.
• • Quick healing of physical injuries like burns, pains, aches, etc.
• • Help with gynecological issues, infertility issues etc.

I am an ordained Nithya spiritual healer and it has such a fulfilling experience to be able to provide the most precious gift of life – health. Before I got ordained, one doubt a lot of us had was how difficult it would be to give up non-vegetarian food. It turned out to be a very natural transition to vegetarian food; now I maintain good health and helps me live the lifestyle of a j¤van mukta. -Ma Nithyananda Gnanadevi, Naturopath

You have independence and the intelligence to replace any suffering; you have freedom to replace any fear, you have freedom to replace any negativity.

The Health and Wellness Program has gifted people healing of various physical and mental ailments.

Good health is not just an absence of disease; it is a state of positive well-being-ness. We are not just humans destined to fall sick and get cured, we are an abode of bliss. We have been created to feel bliss continuously inside us and float with ecstatic lightness at the being level. This is what is called good health.

A meditation program to:

• • Reconnect with the innate intelligence of your body, allowing your natural state of health to happen.
• • Bring about inner healing, and through healing attain wholeness and good health
• • Balance the three dynamic forces (v¢ta, pitta, and kapha) which correspond to the five elements present in the human body
• • Work on your body, breath, visualization, inner silence and verbalization

The techniques we practiced daily as part of the Health and Wellness program were aimed at cleansing the body and the mind. We followed processes which worked on the physical body, focusing on the v¢ta, pitta and kapha balance. Gradually the focus of the techniques moved to subtler layers through intense visualization. After each session, I was left feeling refreshed, replenished and rejuvenated.

• Niranjan Gopalakrishnan, Software Engineer

For whatever purpose you move your body, that intention and purpose gets completely recorded in your body and mind.

Yoga Spurana Program was launched for the first time in 2009 and conducted in various locations across North America and in Bharat

Yoga is the science of enlightenment founded by enlightened master Patanjali. YSP is a powerful program giving the principles and understandings of Nithya Yoga and the various techniques like ¢sana, pr¢´¢y¢ma, mudr¢, dhy¢na, etc.

A program to:

• • Enhance your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual strengths
• • Actualize the strength of your intent and the power of your visualization
• • Integrate your body-mind-spirit

Reproduce the quality of a j¤van mukta*'s* sÁar¤ra, the body of Living Enlightenment

Nithya Yoga made me realize that yoga is not specific but is actually meant for everyone, that it can be great fun and the most important, a path towards jeevan mukti. I have been given this beautiful opportunity to experience yoga as it was originally intended to be. My biggest learning through this practice has been not to limit myself, to continuously challenge my self-imposed boundaries. As a 21st century youngster, to understand these ancient Truths brought back by a modern day living enlightened Master is truly a blessing!

• Githanjali, AIESEC, Youth Group Committee Member

Anything best can happen to you only when you unclutch. It is the ultimate technique to raise your frequency of consciousness and your inner space.

How does the mind work? If you just scan your thoughts for five minutes, you will see that all your thoughts are independent, random, and unconnected. Your mind jumps from one thought to some unrelated thought.

DSP is about internalizing this powerful truth - you are unclutched.

• • Reach 100% productivity, and 100% inner bliss, both at the same time!
• • Live an unclutched life beyond pleasure and pain, free from the clutches of your mind and emotions.
• • Expand your consciousness to elevate you to the zone of super-consciousness and beyond.
• • Live life with serenity, spontaneity and responsible intelligence

We were taken through a series of Unclutching meditations in the direct presence of the Master. We had to unclutch from the physical body, from our thoughts, from our breath, and we even unclutched from the concept of unclutching. It was a very intense program and whatever happened, I felt calm, at peace, and light. I try to practice unclutching whenever I can and now the best part is, I often find that it happens on its own. The ability to witness (unclutch) is one of the greatest ways to cope with the dramatics of day-to-day life. It gives one a strong sense of clarity and control over each occurrence.

• Sat Prakashini, Graphic Designer

The human body is designed to experience expanded consciousness. Only a person who brings all the possibilities of life into living reality, experiences real fulfillment.

Nithyanandam is the most exciting adventure you will ever embark on: the journey back to yourself! It is a unique, intense and unconventional meditation camp to work directly on the cancerous tumors of the ego, making you aware and free of its various faces hidden within. Awaken the medh¢ n¢²¤, the 'wisdom nerve' responsible for pure wisdom and taking decisions without dilemma.

This 8-day program involves various activities like discourses and meditation, worship, or ¢nanda sev¢ (blissful service) in the spiritual incubator that is the ashram's energy field. The intense energy of the program presents a royal invitation to go beyond the clutches of the mind effortlessly, in trust, healing and celebration.

Learn how to play the game of life with spontaneity, joy, centeredness; move beyond illusion, and walk hand in hand with reality, experience and radiate Enlightenment in all its components!

Nithyanandam is a very unique gift from enlightened master THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM for all the seekers on planet Earth. The master gives the ultimate experience of j¤van mukti, through the very powerful process of unclutching. When the master speaks on the various scriptures and the truths revealed in them, he gives us the technical knowledge. When he conducts the meditation workshops, he gives us the techniques. In this program, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM gives the direct experience of the Divine irrespective of one's background and level of seeking. Whether they have started the journey by taking the first step or they have walked a long way, everybody will arrive at the final destination without any doubt.

• Poppatlal Savla, Real estate agent

Effective and quick learning is a science. Sharp memory and increased concentration are not just for a few gifted people; you can cultivate it.

Millions of students have been benefited by the Gnana daan education initiatives including popular programs like QMP.

QMP works on holistic development of the child focusing not only on Intelligence Quotient (IQ) but also the Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Spiritual Quotient (SQ).

• • Benefits:
• • Increased concentration and grasping power
• • Increased visualization and memory power
• • Cleansing of toxins from the body
• • Presenting oneself confidently
• • Quick reading
• • Enhanced quality of sleep
• • Better brain coordination
• • Freedom from eye fatigue

This program is a gift of life by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM for the younger generation. It removes the blocks or engrams created by the outside world situations and releases the innate potential of a person to live has life fully in all dimensions. The side-effect is improved memory, increased clarity, and a wholesome attitude towards life and living. Just a simple understanding of what life is and the understanding why it is so brings about a deep awareness in young minds. It also brings about the ability to analyze situations correctly and respond intelligently. Life is to be lived fully and celebrated joyously. QMP gives the know-how.

• Modaki, Beautician

LBT has benefited students. It has now been diversified to include a 3 month course, 2 year course and a special LBT for Women.

Life Bliss Technology is a free program designed with the

vision of a world where the youth achieve their full potential both in the inner world and the outer world. They learn to shape their own future with power and self-confidence, and grow into honest, peace loving, energetic and dynamic individuals. The program features include:

• • Traditional techniques and scientific methods to awaken the inner latent intelligence and energy.
• • Development of leadership skills, professional and vocational skills
• • Development of communication skills, interpersonal relationships, public speaking, and creativity
• • Spiritual training through yoga and meditation, health education, recreation, cultural tolerance and environmental awareness

Life Bliss Technology (LBT) is a lifestyle rather than a course. I joined this course just to gain knowledge on spiritual ideologies, meditation, yoga, and the like. But LBT is much more than that. The program trains practically anyone on the various components of j¤van mukti – Living Enlightenment. It makes us understand the value of the Vedic tradition. The very presence of an enlightened master and the ambience that he has created constantly inspires us to live with an awakened intelligence, thus living enlightenment.

• Visalakshi, Engineer

Many new meditation programs were launched including Life Bliss Engineering, Yoga Spurana Program (YSP) and Quantum Intelligence program conducted across USA, Bharat, Canada and Malaysia.

Kalpataru program Hosur, Bharat Over 25000 people benefited from over 150 Kalpataru across Bharat and North America.

Various awards are given to recognize the extraordinary services done by healers, ¢c¢ryas, organizers, devotees, etc.

1st corporate LBP in Bhopal - Corporate programs are conducted worldwide providing personal and professional life solutions.

Peace rally, Mysore, Bharat

First LBP by youth of Life Bliss UK

Introduction to Nithya Dhyaan, Sydney, Australia

Quantum Memory Program (QMP), Varanasi Thousands of students in villages and cities have been benefited by QMP.

Satsa¬g (blissful gathering), Melbourne Thousands worldwide connect to the Master through discourse, meditation, and discussion.

Himalayas Y¢tr¢ 2009 Visiting Char Dham (the four holy locations) and various locations in Himalayas

Y¢tr¢s and travel study tours are conducted to Tiruvannamalai, Madurai, Rameswaram, Himalayas, etc

Yog¢carya Training Bengaluru, Bharat Qualified yoga teachers have taken Nithya Yoga to over 10 countries.

Demonstration of ¢sanas at the Yoga Teacher's Training

Thousands of students have benefited from the free meditation programs conducted across various villages and towns in Bharat.

'Tarka' means ordinary logic, simple logic. 'Kutarka (wrong reasoning)' means cunning logic, the logic which constantly leads the individual to suffering. Constantly, the person who is in kutarka (wrong reasoning) suffers in fear and depression. There is no such thing as suffering in the planet earth. Anything you call or consider as suffering in planet earth is kutarka.

Vitarka (right reasoning) means ultimate reasoning, beyond reasoning. It is the logic which is straight and open, that makes you understand things as they are, that puts you in complete ease.

Living with a deep feeling that the whole cosmos is a miracle is living enlightenment. Vitarka with you will bring deep joy and easiness with you. Vitarka with the world or the cosmos will bring deep peace and restful awareness with the world. Vitarka with THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM bring deep joy, bliss and intense ecstasy in your being. Living with vitarka is living enlightenment.

Path of Yoga Path of Yoga

For whatever purpose you move your body, that intention and purpose gets completely recorded in your body and mind. The intention gets inserted into the very muscle memory and cellular intelligence.

Every memory is recorded in your muscles. So when you change the memories, you can simply change your system also. Your

system can and will respond to the memory you create. This is how the transformation in the body-mind happens through Nithya Yoga.

Yoga is not about doing ¢sanas (body postures) or pr¢´¢y¢ma (breath control). The word 'yoga' literally means 'uniting' – uniting of the body-mind. The intent of yoga is not just to give you physical health and fitness; it is to establish you in the experience of eternal bliss every moment. It is an experiential understanding of the truth: every experience of life is auspicious. Every incident makes you more mature. It raises your consciousness.

Nithya Yoga is based on the strong understanding of the powerful timeless truth, 'By nature you are bliss.' As of now, your system may not be prepared to stay in the enlightened space, to radiate the enlightened experience continuously. It is a direct effective means to get physical health, mental wellbeing and the ability to experience your ultimate potential.

Classes for directors, teachers and trainees in USA

Nithya Yoga at Festival of Bliss in UK

Nithya Yoga class in progress

Introductory talks on Nithya Yoga at Microsoft

Explaining the Patanjali Yoga Sutras for the modern man

Release of book 'Surya Namaskar'

Nithya Yoga classes in a school, Orissa

Sculpting your body for j¤van mukti – living enlightenment

Nithya Yoga Travel study tours

Nithya Yoga Teacher's Training in USA

Nithya Dhyaan is a master meditation technique that can be done by people from all walks of life and backgrounds. It is the meditation for the seeker of today. It is the essence of the intense inner world research done over nine years by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

Benefits of Nithya Dhyaan

• • Relief from stress
• • Improved relationships
• • Inner peace and fulfillment
• • Awakened intuition
• • Improved physical health
• • Increased clarity
• • Increased daily energy levels
• • Connection to the Divine

Nithya Dhyaan is a simple and powerful technique with 5 steps each of 7 minutes.

The greatest gift is being given the privilege by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM to help others to 'sculpt their bodies for j¤van mukti – Living Enlightenment' through sharing Nithya Yoga. Nithya Yoga has been the best way for me to intensely be in my body and to connect with my inner bliss, peace, and clarity. The unique component of Nithya Yoga is the powerful Nithya Dhyaan. I have found that I can carry that energy and bliss with me into my daily activities. Sharing Nithya Yoga with others and giving them the opportunity to discover their bliss is such a joy, inspiration, and honor. It has been said that there are no teachers and no students...only sharing...and I am so grateful to be able to share Nithya Yoga with everyone. - Bharati, Yoga teacher, USA

Nithya Dhyaan consistently drops me into the deepest states of meditation I have experienced - no matter what frame of mind I go into it with. Whether I am happy or sad, stressed or at peace, Nithya Dhyaan intelligently uses whatever energy I have to drive me further towards bliss. I love the systematic progression from intense physical focus towards blissful release and relaxation. This way, my meditation is not limited to the mental capacity or willpower I happen to be possessing at the time. I notice that whenever I meditate in the morning my day flows with more grace, peace and bliss. I can think more clearly, respond with more compassion and solve problems with more efficiency and confidence. Finally, ever since practicing Nithya Dhyaan every day, my Crohn's disease has virtually disappeared. I have been able to drastically reduce my medication and now live my life with more energy, health and a sense of well being.

• Spencer Atkinson, Actor, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Anything related to the intellect can be reproduced by words. Anything related to emotion can be reproduced by music, poetry, etc. But devotion is something far beyond, far deeper than intellect or emotion.

In devotion, not only are there no rules, no regulations, even the other is not necessary. To be in love, you need two persons. To be devoted, you don't need the second person - that is the great difference.

Devotion frees. In the path of devotion, the very path is so juicy, so tasty, you won't feel like bypassing it. The very path is the goal. It is an amazing liberating experience every step of the way.

Devotion is the ultimate experience, but not the final experience. It is the ultimate experience but happening every moment - you are in the peak every moment. Every moment, new doors open in your being.

Devotion is the pure excitement which is not filtered, altered, stopped, calculated, or channeled by engrams. The pure excitement as it is, is devotion. The pure life force as it is, is devotion!

When you trust you can live your life just with that pure life force, without your socalled mind, you experience the ultimate liberation!

• THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

21 feet Healing ¡nanda Li¬ga in Vaidya Sarovar The waters from the healing li¬ga made of Navap¢¾¢´a (medicinal herbs) have healed people of various ailments - chronic cases of psoriasis and skin diseases, arthritis, respiratory problems, depression, anxiety...

Abhi¾eka (pouring offerings) to the deity Devotees are blessed with the opportunity to perform their personal abhi¾eka, p¦j¢s and homa at the Nithyananda Vedic temples.

• Pranaprathishta in the sanctum sanctorum, Bengaluru ashram When a living Enlightened master energizes the deity and the temple, the deity becomes a living energy that can directly respond to you.

1008 homa in Mah¢ saptay¢ga The sacred fire rituals raise the consciousness of the individuals in the homa as well as of the whole locaity.

Dak¾in¢m¦rt¤ the Primal Guru in full alank¢r The Vedic tradition uses the powerful technique of relating with Existence through deities. Deities energized

by a living enlightened Master are arch¢vat¢ras - live energy directly responding to you.

Alank¢r (decoration) of bangles on the festival of Navar¢tr¤ Beautiful exquisite traditional decoration of the deities is a meditation technique that directly physically embeds the feeling connection with Existence in your muscle memory.

Ann¢bhi¾eka (food offering) in Tiruvannamalai ashram. On every full moon night, upto 500,000 people visit the ashram. Annad¢n (free food) is provided through the day and night.

¡rati (ceremonial waving of lamps) The traditional ¢rati in Nithyananda Vedic temples is an elaborate 21-minute ritual where various items are waved in devotion and respect to the deity.

MahesÁvara p¦j¢ Devotees have the unique opportunity to offer this traditional ritual for their departed loved ones. It is a means of connecting with Existence through the medium of sany¢s¤s since they dedicate themselves to Existence.

Bh¦m¤ p¦j¢

This is the traditional inauguration of new lands - for ashrams, centers, schools, etc.

Ca´²¤ Homa - Worship of the Cosmic Mother in Her various manifestations. Nine brahmac¢ris and brahmac¢ri´¤s sit around the sacred fire and chant the 700 verses of the powerful Dev¤ M¢h¢tmyam. homas have been conducted - spreading health, knowledge, positivity, peace, and devotion.

• Celebration of various festivals of the Vedic tradition In the Nithyananda family, it is Nityotsava - every day is a celebration!

Devotees pour their devotion and gratitude to the Master by offering the guru mudi - carrying packets of rice and coconut on their heads. The rice represents one's karmas and the coconut represents one's ego.

1008 offerings of food for the deity Grand naivedyam (food offering) is made to the deities on various occasions and festivals.

Home Darshan

The energized deities (utsava murtis) are taken in procession to the home of the devotee where puja is performed thus energizing the home with the positive cosmic vibrations.

• Flag-hoisting The Dhyanapeetam flag is hoisted to mark the start of the 4 major festivals - Mah¢ºivar¢tr¤, Guru P¦r´im¢, Navar¢tr¤ and Jayant¤ celebrations.

Guru p¢duk¢ p¦j¢, Sydney, Australia Worshipping the p¢duk¢s (holy sandals) of the Master in gratitude and reverence

Devotees of all age groups, socio-cultural and economic brackgrounds join in various celebrations.

Abhi¾eka - Offering to the deity of water, milk, fruits, honey, sacred ash, etc.

Homa (fire ritual)

We can connect to Existence through any of the five elements of Nature - earth, water, fire, air and space. Homa is a powerful means of connecting to Existence through the fire element. The chanting of the accompanying mantras helps one in directly falling in tune with Existence.

P¢duk¢ p¦j¢ Offering of milk in worship to the Master's sasndals

• Grand procession led by the Master accompanied by disciples is taken around the ashram during festivals.

Devotees performing Guru p¦j¢ (traditional worsship of the Master)

Ratha y¢tr¢ The deities Sr¤ ¡nandesÁva a and ¡nandesÁvar¤ are taken in procession across various villages, towns and cities offering darsÁan to millions of eager eyes.

Blessings from the Master

The Vedic temples have deities from different religions of the Vedic tradition.

• Grand pancha ¢rati (ceremonial display of lamps)

• "Golu" Traditional display of dolls, deities, and art forms.

• Theppotsavam The traditional float festival where the Master or the deity is taken in a grand procession in a theppam (boat) around the temple tank.

N¢ma sa¬k¤rtana

The focus for the whole of Tamilnadu in 2009 is millions of people singing and dancing to k¤rtans in houses, on the roads... eradicating all the corruption and negativity in the society.

Hundreds of people benefited by the free healing and blessings to one and all everyday when THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is in the Bengaluru Ashram.

Hundreds throng everyday at the Sr¤ ¡nandesÁvara temple to receive the Master's darsÁan and blessings.

In His infinite love and compassion, the Master listens to the prayers and requests of one and all.

Offered across various locations in Bharat and USA as a a mark of devotion and an offering of gratitude

Showering blessings and giving personal guidance and support to the devotees after the p¢da p¦j¢

Aapat-Seva (Disaster Relief) • Akshara (Holistic Education) • Anna (Food and Nutrition for all) • Aptamitra (Youth Awakening) • Arogya (Community Health) • Asha-Kiran (Women Empowerment)

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Creating opportunities for independent women to live a dignified life through vocational training programs · Providing employment to enable women to be economically self-sufficient

C Providing non-formal education with emphasis on the girl child Encouraging functional literacy by exposing women to the functioning of banks, post offices and other community infrastructure

health camp, Bengaluru Aithyananda Chayanapeetam Medical camp for women, Hyderabad

Women's Found meet, Chenn

Women's Empowerment meet, Bengaluru ashran

People of all education, economic backgrounds, civilizations People of all education, economic backgrounds, civilizations...

Being a p¦j¢ ¢carya in the Nithyananda Order is a source of tremendous joy and uninterrupted excitement, with deepening gratitude everyday! Being a p¦j¢ ¢carya takes you through the experiences of s¢lokya (living in the same space as the Divine), s¢m¤pya (attaining proximity to the Divine), s¢r¦pya (attaining the same form as the Divine) and s¢yujya mukti (becoming one with the Divine) all at one stroke! You experience Vaiku´°ha (Abode of

Lord Vishnu), Kail¢º (Abode of Lord Shiva) and Ma´i dv¤pa (Abode of Mother Goddess) all at one place. And with the presence of the Master, it is the culmination of all and beyond! Words retire after He arrives and all that remains is Bliss!

In Nithyananda, Sri Nithya Bhaktapriyananda Maharaj, Senior Pujacharya of Nithyananda Order

Our names are Ma Ananda Oormi and Sri Nithya Arunamani, from Mexico and Canada respectively. As the experience and inspiration with THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM deepened, we took on more volunteer responsibilities as we worked on reaching out THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's message to the large Spanish population. We are indeed very blessed to be gifted with the opportunity of translating THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's messages to Spanish.

Reviewing every chapter, every sentence, every word of the English book has been a profoundly transforming experience. The real effect of our service is a major shift in our capacity to live enlightenment, moment to moment - living with the right understanding and connecting to the teachings of the Master, to his energy, in any given situation. The Publications department work deeply reinforced in us the vitarka, the devotion to the Master, to his teachings, and his sa¬gha.

• Arunamani and Oormi, Spanish Publications division of Nithyananda Publishers

If a woman's energy completely awakens, tremendous creativity will be born. The one who awakens the spiritual energy in us is called the sadguru. There are three types of solutions in us for any of our problems: the solution given by our heart, the solution given by our mind, the solution given by our being. Only the guru can awaken the being so that we move with the right solutions. The Women's Empowerment program functions as a ray of hope for today's women and welcomes all irrespective of their education, wealth, or anything else.

WE has various social objectives: eradicate domestic violence, dowry, poverty through upliftment of lower castes, terrorism and addiction; to spread the message of meditation, spirituality, service, sacrifice, living enlightenment.

The WE center in Tamilnadu alone has successfully handling different departments! 'WE' strives for women to find their higher consciousness, the ultimate security in life's insecurity - inner peace and bliss.

Head of Women's Empowerment Wing

We had the great fortune of having THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM conduct our wedding ceremony in the Bengaluru ashram in December 2007. The seven beautiful Vedic Marriage vows that we took have undoubtedly given us direction in how we relate to each other. Before we met THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, we experienced the typical ups and downs of any relationship – miscommunication, the need for attention, and expectations. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's teachings have provided us with the clarity and willingness to grow and work beyond these usual trappings. They have led us to deeper understandings about each other.

We have come to realize the meaning of our marriage is to inspire each other to go beyond the emotions in which we are stuck, to lift each other out of low moods with reminders of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's words and teachings, to encourage each other to live the truths and to be unclutched; ultimately, to live enlightenment.

We are able to enjoy each other's company – to appreciate the simple nearness of one another. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has also shown us that we can individually find fulfillment within ourselves so we are not seeking attention or expecting anything from each other. This makes our marriage so much more beautiful and blissful.

We find ourselves filled with gratitude towards each other and especially to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM for the blessings that He has showered on us as a couple.

• Michele & Sean Kumar Los Angeles, USA

I have been studying in the Nithyananda Vidy¢laya in Bengaluru ashram for the past two years and every day and every second of my life has been blissful! I came from the USA to study here. In the USA, the routine usually is going to school, coming back, and getting on the computer. But here in the Vidy¢laya you have your friends, you meditate, you have fun with Swami, you dance! You simply go with the flow! The brahmac¢ris and brahmac¢ri´¤s of the ashram help us a lot. Here it is complete fun where you run, jump, get a 'click' and fly! (A click is a sudden realization of a truth that Swami has said sometime in the past.)

• Abhi, class 9, Nithyananda Vidy¢laya, Bengaluru ashram

I am studying in the Vidy¢laya for the past three years. We have kind and loving teachers and friends. They help us in our studies and otherwise. The Vidy¢laya is a great and special school because we have a living enlightened master guiding us all the time! THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM comes to the Vidy¢laya, gives his blessings and sometimes gives a wonderful hug or two! He sometimes talks to us about his childhood days and his experiences. We are so lucky to be here under his guidance, as his children.

• Sindhu, class 9, Nithyananda Vidy¢laya, Bengaluru ashram

I am truly blessed to be a Sannyasi, serving the Nithyananda Order. After meeting THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, my life has changed. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has shown me the path to bliss. I realise the true transformation is the self-transformation.I am

experiencing eternal bliss now where I am constantly understanding and experiencing the truth of this very life. Emotionally I am balanced, only acting to the situation instead of reacting towards it. The sannyas lifestyle has opened the doors for me to be selfless. I only have one intention and that is to spread THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's mission.

Words do not do justice to the experiences I have with THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

Thank you THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM!

• Sri Nithya Gnanaswarupananda

I was born and brought up in the US and came across THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM in 2003, while I was in Middle School. I don't know if I can pinpoint just what pulled me to Him. I think it was how He was always so joyful and charismatic. It was so easy to talk to Him and He wasn't like any other "Swami figure" that I pictured. He could really relate with people my age and at the same time make us understand concepts which before meeting Him, would have appeared boring!

When my family decided to move to the Bengaluru ashram in 2004 and asked me what my decision was, it never felt like a decision. It was just the turn my life had taken. The very lifestyle of the ashram has helped me integrate myself. I am able to do really well in my studies and my concentration has improved immensely. Apart from this, brahmacharya has become a part of who I am regardless of where I am, be it college or in the Ashram. I feel blessed for all that THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has given me. Living in the ashram has by far been the best experience and the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

• Nithyananda Sree, college student and brahmacharini

The problems I had for almost 15 years and my worries all got resolved in the LBP. NSP gave me the strength and courage to face life. I was suffering from swelling and pain in my right leg for fifteen years due to an accident and fracture. I could not walk properly and suffered a lot. All that got cured after my attending NSP class. Then I became a healer. Feeling THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's kindness, love and endless compassion, I took the ¡c¢rya (Teacher's) training.

I have taken almost 100 LBP classes. I have done free satsangs in schools, colleges, and Lions' clubs and have made people aware of the importance of meditation. By conducting these satsa¬gs, and by Swamijii's grace, not only me but people have been benefited. I feel eternal gratitude to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

LBP ¡c¢rya

Life had taken a sharp turn towards betterment after being ordained as an ¢carya, unmindful i was of the subtle miracles waiting to unfold. Initially I was one among the many inspired acharyas taking classes every weekend, the only responsibility resting on my shoulders at that point in time. It was indeed the immaculate grace of the Master to elevate me to the next level as the co-ordinator of all LBP(Tamil). The alchemy had begun.

There is a very famous quote of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM which says that we expand when we take up responsibility, the true essence of which I was to understand experientially after shouldering the task of co-ordinating the weekly LBPs. The tranformation from just inspiration to inspiration coupled with action was evident. Today we conduct LBPs even in prisons. Thousands of prisoners including hard-core terrorists, have benefited as the rate of repeating crimes and coming back to prison drastically reduces.

• Sri Nithya Divya Diwakarananda, ¡c¢rya (has conducted over 100 LBPs)

I am an Engineering student in Computer Science. With the blessings of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, I work on updating the websites of the Nithyananda Mission in Tamilnadu, Nithyananda Youth Foundation, Nithyananda Vidy¢laya and on uploading THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's Tamil discourses at YouTube.com. Every time I sit down at the computer to update the websites, I clearly feel THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's energy working inside me. I feel that THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has given me this Mission Order work as an answer to the seeking inside me. I am eternally grateful to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM for giving me this great gift and honor at this time of my life.

• Surya, Vizhupuram, Bharat

I was serving in a nationalised bank as a Senior Executive when I was inspired by THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and His mission of uplifting people at all levels – personal, social, spiritual… So after retirement I became an ashramite in March 2008.

In order to help the poor to raise their standard of living I started work on a microfinance institution and sought the blessings of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM who blessed this project as NITHYANANDA LAKSHMI.

Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to those in poverty designed to spur entrepreneurship. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimal qualifications to gain access to traditional credit. Microcredit is a part of microfinance, which is the provision of a wider range of financial services to the very poor.

NITHYANANDA LAKSHMI will extend microcredit to the poor through self-help groups in Southern Bharat – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. To begin with, self-help groups have been identified in and around Bidadi. They are aimed at imparting entrepreneurship training in village crafts to the women members of the groups and providing them the habit of thrift and knowledge of productive skills. Before the end of 2010, groups are targeted to be active under NITHYANANDA LAKSHMI. Through this initiative, the physical and intellectual needs of the people at the grassroots level will be addressed which will then take care of the spiritual needs of people.

• Sivaguru, Retd. Banker

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I am indeed happy to know that the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, Bangalore, is orqanizing its yearly Brahmotsav and releasing the yearly souvenir - ANANDOTSAV-2010 on 31.12.2009.

My loving pranaams to Poojya THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, under whose guidance Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, is serving the humanity across the globe. In these days of Stressful living, teaching meditation is the greatest service one can provide to the society. I am sure that the annual Brahmotsav and the Souvenir Anandotsav would enlighten the Sadhaks.

My compliments to Dhyanapeetam and THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM for the right guidance being given to the society. I wish the celebrations and the souvenir all success.

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I am indeed very blessed to write these few lines in your souvenir to commemorate the ¡nandotsava 2010. I went through the list of activities and projects of the Nithyananda ashram. I was overwhelmed to note that you are running a parallel Government through your welfare activities. Annad¢n, spiritual training for the youth, meditation programs in the prisons, free medical camps, support to children in rural areas, meditation and healing centers & women empowerment etc. are but a few of the ashram projects catering to the poor and needy which depicts your love and compassion for the society at large. Support to scientists and researchers, bridging the gap of knowledge and enlightenment is really remarkable in the modern world. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's consideration and ideologies of j¤van mukti through his mission should reach each and every Hindu. I very humbly offer my services in support of the Ashram Welfare projects in my State.

V. Vaithilingam Hon'ble Chief Minister Government of Puducherry

I am happy to learn that Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam is celebrating its yearly festival in honor of the birthday celebrations of its spiritual founder, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, Bengaluru and in all its ashrams worldwide from December 23, 2009 to January 2, 2010. Further, it is learnt that to commemorate this unique occasion, you are bringing out a souvenir outlining the Mission activities and achievements, besides offering a host of social services to humanity at large. I wish the function a grand success.

H.D. Kumaraswamy Hon'ble Former Chief Minister, Karnataka & President, JDS, Karnataka

I am pleased to receive your letter about the birthday celebrations for Swami THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. I have met THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM several times and also heard in his discourses Los Angeles, USA. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is a spiritually evolved and advanced person and that too at such a young age. I have also visited the Bengaluru Ashram which is so well organized. I am no one to give him blessings on the occasion of his birthday, but God surely will because in Kaliyug we need noble souls like Swami THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM to keep the sanity of the world.

Yours Sincerely,

Subramanian Swamy Hon'ble President of the Janata Party

Dear Poojya Swamiji, Pranaam!

It provides me immense privilege to express my sincere and heartfelt wishes on the precious occasion of the birth anniversary of Poojya Swamiji. As I correctly forecasted at first function in the year 2003 the 'CENTER' is getting its rapid growth and gaining very high name and fame because of the purified blessings of Poojya Swamiji. I wish the CENTER more name & fame and wish they render a yeoman service to humanity. Yours sincerely,

"THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is an influential speaker with an ability to convey Vedic wisdom to common man in simple and fluent language. I was moved by the realization when he said 'Enlightenment flowers when individual consciousness disappears into Universal Consciousness.' THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says, 'When you start living enlightenment, you automatically raise the human consciousness around you. Living enlightenment holds the key to global peace and inner bliss. Every individual can be a pioneer in this transition of human consciousness to Divine Consciousness.'

I wish Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bengaluru, all the success on the occasion of their Anandotsav 2010 celebrations.

Director General of Police & Commandant General, HOME GUARDS, Director CIVIL DEFENCE & Director General, FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAMji is making an incredible impression in spiritual circles in recent days. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeetam has been drawing thousands of devotees from across the globe. The activity of the Ashram has caught the attention of discerning devotees, and has become a special place to look upto for spiritual solace and human upliftment. The Ashram is spreading the Ved¢nta message throughout the world with its efficient network.

We learn that THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeeta is celebrating ¡nandotsava 2010 between 23.12.2009 and 2.1.2010 in Bengaluru ashram and all its branches. This is an occasion, we believe, should be effectively utilized to re-establish the science of j¤van mukti, the core theme of the Ashram.

We wish all success to the celebrations and gracious fulfillment of the inner personalities on this holy occasion.

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamigalu Sri Suttur Math, Mysore branch

It is heartening to know that THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeetam is celebrating Anandotsav 2010 at Bidadi and in all its ashrams. I wish the festival every success.

Bharat is a land of spirituality. From time immemorial great Hindu spiritual thinkers have been spreading the evince of spirituality through the length and breadth of world. Achieving global peace and harmony through individual spiritual enlightenment is the goal. And it is heartening to know that THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Dhyanapeetam under THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is striving in its own way to achive that goal.

I whole heartily support them in their endeavour and once again wish the festival every success.

With blessings

Dr. Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru Sri Murugharajendra Matha, Chitradurga – 577 502

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